r
WEATHER FORECAST
7or Lincoln and vicinity: Partly
Jn d mewhat C0lder; Sunday
ioudy.
TRACK SQUAD
TURNS IN WIN
OVERKAGGIES
!l,rska Cinder Artists Pile
Uo Sad in Field Event.
oWin69to 3414
JOHNSON BREAKS RECORD
rrk Husker Miler Steps Dis
tance in 4:30 to Set New
Mark for Stadium Track
Cornhusker track and field men
-added another belt to their string
ihen they easily defeated Kansas
Uriel, 69 3-4 t0 84 1-4 in a dUfll
fndoor track and field meet held un
der the east stadium Saturday after
noon The Scarlet and Cream had a
slight edge on the Haggles on the
riieht edge on the Kaggiea in the
events that Nebraska -piled up its
commanding lead.
Glen Johnson, Nebraska, and
Moody, Kaggies, as expected, staged
the feature races of the afternoon.
Johnson loped through the mile in
nice shape beating the red-headed
Kansan by a decisive margin. John
son's time of 4 minutes 30 seconds
set a new mile record for the stadium
indoor track, clipping four seconds
off the former mark held by Jimmie
Lewis, now assistant coach.
Moody Win Close 880 Dash
Moody came back to nose Johnson
out in a sensational finish in the 880.
Moody's time of 2 minutes 1.3 sec
onds was two-tenths of a second
dower than the track record which
Johnson holds. Moody also finished
his third race in brilliant manner
when he picked Bob Davenport on
the final straightaway of the mile re
lay. Two falls on the curves occurred
in the relay, first the Kaggies and
then the Huskers losiig ground there
by. Davenport and Moody went out
practically together on the last quarter-mile
of the relay, Kaggies win
ning at the finish by inches.
Captain Stephens set a new indoor
broad jump record with a leap of 23
feet 2 inches. He held the former
record at 22 feet 10 inches. Stephens
was beaten out however in the fifty-
yard dash. Doty, sophomore, running
(Continued on Page Four.) .
mm TO HAVE
MONTHLY PAPER
John Sbepard ia Chosen Editor of
New Publication; Sponsored
By Commercial Club
The College of Business Adminis
tration is to have a monthly publi
cation issued by members of the
Girl's and Men's Commercial clubs,
as well as by members of other Uni
versity organizations. The idea and
plan for the paper originated in the
Men's Commercial club.
Some of the features of the paper
will be the history of the College of
Business Administration by Dean Le
Rossignol, the bizad section, and a
comic section containing both jokes
and cartoons.
The staff is: Editor-in-chief, John
C. Shepard; managing editor, Paul
H. Koeller; biiness manager, A
Ralph Fell; news editor, George M.
Hooper; assistants and reporters,
Glen Spahn, Victor Brink, Florence
Benson, Letter ' Brinkworth, Roger
Thomas and Robert DuBois. Other
reporters will be announced at a
later date.
Workers Discuss Regional System
Of University Y.M.CSA. Management
The spirit of mutual understanding
nd the intention to work out the
matter to the greatest extent, in spite
f sharp differences of opinion,
narked the nine hours of intense
discussion of the regional gathering
of University Y. M. C. A. workers
at Kansas City lats week end.
Many different-plans were offered
for consideration in regard to Uni
versity Y. M. C. A. management. The
Plans generally favored by.those pre
sent as a whole calls for supervision
of the student work through the reg
ular state Y. M. C. A. committees.
The student group, however, feejs
that this system would bo unsatisfac
tory in that it does not adequately
Provide for states which have no
state secretary. Kansas and Nebraska
Me the only states in the Rocky
Mountain division which have state
secretaries for student work.
Those OmiOBP3 n V.A cnHnt. mVv.
vomt argue that students do not
think in terms of boundaries and that
e student branch of tH movement
cai express itaulf be tier through a
Clonal system of division of Uni
versity work. Xhi's regloni4l astern of
wvwion would call for a group of
indent secretaries serving the whole
ea. resulting in the giving of more
ough and varied assistance to
' local student associations.
f" principal objection of the re-
111 .ilj
Representative Social Girl Will
Bo Chosen at Junior-Senior Prom
Selection of Nebratka Prom Girl?
Will Feature Program of Last
Formal Affair of Season to be
Held in Coliseum March 18.
Who nill be the Prom Girl at Ne
braska? The selection of a represen
tative Nebraska social girl, from the
Senior class, will be a novel feature
of th Junior-Senior Prom to be held
in the Coliseum March 18. Tickets
are reported to be selling fast for
this event which is making its re
entrance on the school social calen
dar after an absence o? five years.
It will be open to the e.itire school
for the present year only and will
close the formal season.
Announcement of the Prom Girl
will be made at about 10:30 o'clock.
As each couple enters, the man will
cast a vote on the back of his ticket;
candidates are limited to feminine
members of the Senior class.
Following the counting of votes by
members of the faculty, the winner
will be presented in what is promised
by those in charge to be an appro
priately unique manner. Numerous
representative Nebraskans have been
chosen in activities of different types
on this campus, but never a typical
social girl, which fact, in itself,
spreads additional glamour around
the initial attempt in this regard. As
the Prom is given for the departing
Seniors, by their successors, the Jun
ior class, it is altogether fitting that
the girl selected for this honor be a
,7
(Continued on Pag? Three.
256 TEAMS PLACED
IN SIXTEEN CLASSES
Drawings for First Round of Basket
ball Tournament Are Made. Will
Use Seven Courts
The entries for the Seventeenth
Annual Nebraska High School Bas
ketball Tournament total 256 teams
grouped into sixteen classes. The
drawings have been made, and the
five courts of the Coliseum, as well
as the Y. M. C. A. court and the floor
at the College of Agriculture, now
await the hard wear which they will
receive from March .10 to March 12
In spite of the forty-percent rul
ing, there are more teams entered in
this tournament than for any preced
ing year with the exception of last
year. Thcro wcro originally 266
teams entered, but the Nebraska ath
letic board ruled out ten of them be
cause of failure to comply with the
forty-per cent ruling.
In class A, Lincoln high drew
North Platte for their first game
Hastings is scheduled to clash with
the University Place quintet. Mc
Cook is lined up against Kearney
while Bridgeport will attempt to
deal with West Point St. Paul has
Fremont for the first rounds and
Crete is meeting Auburn, winner of
the M-I-N-K tournament. Columbur
(Continued on Page Three.)
Prof. Reed Inspects
College At Sterling
Prof. A. A. Reed, director of the
University extension division, in
spected a college at Sterling, Kans
for the North Central Association of
Schools and Colleges. Professor Reed
is chairman of a committee of the
association which is working on a
plan for revision of college entrance
requirements in terms of senior high
school credits.
gional system seems to grow out of
the fact that funds to support the
regional system would come through
aid from the state committee and the
state committee would have no juris
diction in the spending of the fund.
While a majority of those present
at the Kansas City Conference voted
in favor of the plan of regional su
pervision, their action is only pre
liminary to the ultimate action by
the National council, who will piece
together the results of such actions
that have been taken all over the
country.
The conference at Kansas City
brought out very clearly the convic
tions on the part of all, that the gen
eral Y. M. C. A. movement cannot
afford to lose the contribution the
student movement makes in tho way
of idealism and that the student i
move Dent on the other hand, needs.
tUO Sta Dinning' muueuwa w
C. A. movement.
The conference was attended by
twenty-five representatives of state
and local associations. Among those
present were: C. D. Hayes, general
secretary of the University Y. M. C.
A.; John Allison, president of the
University Y. M. C A.; W. A. Luke,
ireneral secretary of the Lincoln Y.
M. C. A.;; and Prof. E. H. Wells of
Nebraska Wesleyan College.
DAILY
THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, NEBRASKA,
Scott Chosen Member
Of French Society
-
Prof. R. D. Scott has received no
tice of his election to the Societe de
Linguistique of Paris, in recognition
probably of his' work in Sanskrit this
year. His class now numbers elev.
members.
DR. JOHN A. RICE
TO VISIT CAMPUS
Noted Clergyman, Father of
Professor Rice, Invited to
Lecture Here
Dr. John A. Rice, father of Prof.
J. A. Rice of the University, will be
in Lincoln Tuesday, Wednesday, and
Thursday of this week. Dr Rice is
being brought here by the Federation
of Church Workers and the Univer
sity Y. M. C. A. and Y. W. C. A. to
give a series of lectures on "Under
standing the Bible."
The program to be followed by Dr.
Rice is: Tuesday, 5:00, Vespers, ad
dress "Growth and Outgrowth of the
Bible"; 7:15 Temple 101, round ta
ble discussion "What Science Has
Done for My Religion"; Wednesday,
12:00, World Forum, "Jesus and Ev
olution"; 4:15 Temple 101, Talk and
Dinner; 7:15 Temple 101, "What is
the Bible For I"; Thursday, 11:00
University Convocation, Temple The
ater, "Jesus Today"; 12:20, Ag. For
um, "What Science Has Done For My
Religion"; 4:00, Temple 101, talk
and discussion.
Dr. Rice is a clergyman of wide
reputation. He has for a number of
years been one of the most eminent
biblical scholars of the south. He has
written a number of books, largely
of the Old Testament on which he
is a recognized authority.
He is at present pastor of the Bos
ton Avenue M. E. Church at Tulsa,
Oklahoma. He was formerly profes
sor of Bible in the Southern Metho
dist University at Dallas, Texas.
BAND FRATERNITY-
INITIATES FIFTEEN
Gamma Lambda, Men's Honorary
Band Society Holds Initiation
And Banquet Thursday
Fifteen men were initiated into
Alpha chapter of Gamma Lambda,
men's national honorary band frat
ernity, at services held Thursday
evening in the Red Room of the Y,
M. C. A. After the initiation, a ban
quet was given to the new members
by the old members.
Prof. W. T. Quick, director of the
R. O. T. C. band, and an honorary
member of Gamma Lambda, gave a
short talk during the evening, trac
ing the growth of the fraternity from
the time of its installation at the
University of Nebraska in 1912 up to
the present.
Following are the men initiated
Joyce Ayres, Lincoln; Fred Beck,
Cheyenne, Wyo.; Lawrence Brock-
way, Wichita, Kas.; Peter ConigUo
Lincoln; Don Helmsdoerfer, Ulysses;
Irwin Hember. Saronville; Robert
Lang, Alliance; Leon Larimer, Lin
coin; Hubert J. Leeper, Hastings;
Louis J. Legg, Bethany; Paul Phil
lippi, Lincoln; Lester Schick, Sew
ard; Fred A. Wiren, Lincoln; John
Wylie, Fairbury; Cedric Yoder, Nar-
ka, Kas.
Applicants File for
Botany Fellowships
Applications for appointment to
fellowships in the department of bot
any next year have been received
from all parts of the United States.
Already there are about three appli
cants for each of the eight fellow
ships to be filled. Many of the appli
cants already hold a master's degree.
&1I of laboratory assistance h done
by graduate students holdKg these
fellowships.
Corporation Takes Geology Students
Two more students in the depart
ment of geology have accepted posi
tions with the Lago Petroleum cor
poration of Venezuela. They are El
mo W. Adams, 28, Omaha, and Paul
Nichols, Bethany, a graduate student.
They expect to leave for Venezuela
sometime next month.,
: .
Botanical Seminar Hears Lecture
day at the college of agriculture
greenhouses where the members
heard a lectiue ou " Virus Diseases of
Potatoes."
$11, COO Paid on Certus '
By mailing fc check recently to e
Missouri concern for $11,000 the
Texas Students Publications, Inc.,
mads the initial peyment on the
printing of the 1927 Cactus.
Me:
COPPOCK DRIVE
BEGINS TUESDAY
Annual Drive for Memorial
Fund Will Start Off With
Dinner for Teams
TEAM CAPTAINS CHOSEN
Tho annual Grace Coppock me
morial drive will start officially with
a dinner for all team captains and
team members Tuesday night at ..
o'clock at the city Y. W. C. A. Miss
Wilhelmina Schellak will preside and
will give a short talk on the purpose
of the drive. Miss Ethel Williams will
speak on "Relations with China."
Miss Coppock was graduated from
Nebraska in 1905 and went to China
where she was largely responsible for
all that the Y. W. C. A. has since
been able to do there in gaining
greater freedom, both industrially
and socially, for women. The fund
which Nebrnska sends to China each
year was used originally to pay her
salary, and since her death has been
continued as a memorial to the work
for which she gave her life.
Vera Barger in 'Charge
For the past several years this
money has gone to the support of
recreational work in China which is
under the direction of Vera Barger,
also a Nebraska graduate.
The drive will start officially witll
the dinner at the city Y. W. C. A.
Tuesday evening and will close the
following Monday. Thirteen girls will
be captains of teams, and each of
these 'captains will have ten girls
working under her direction. The
team members will get all material
for the drive at the dinner, although
most of the teams have been meeting
for more than a week. The object
of these pre-drive meetings is that
the women working on teams may
understand the work and be prepared
to answer questions which may be
asked them during the drive.
Chinese Atmosphere to be Created
Chinese decorations, incense, and
Chinese flowers are to provide atmos
phere for the dinner. Ernestine Mc
Neil is in charge. The waitresses will
be dressed in Chinese costume. Each
team will sit in a group at the table.
Lucile Bauer will lead the group sing
ing. Miss Erma Appleby, secretary of
the university Y'W.'C. A'., and Oy
rena Smith, president of that organ
ization for the past year, will be
guests of honor at the dinner.
All money must be turned in by
team members to their captains each
day,, and progress of the teams will
be posted on the bulletin board in
Ellen Smith Hall and published in
The Daily Nebraskan.
Captains of teams are as follows:
Team A Marjory Sturdevant.
Team B Edna Schrick.
Team C Helen Eastman.
Team D Hazel Sutton.
Team E Elva Erickson.
Team F Ada Bauman.
Team G Bertrude Araan.
Team H Moselle Austin (AgCol)
Team I Helen Anderson.
Team J Mabel Utter.
Team K Audrey Beales.
Team L Helen Van Gilder.
Team M Ethel Saxton.
CONFERENCE OPENS
WITH DISCUSSIONS
First Meeting of Pan-Pacific Group
Sponsored by Religious Workers
Held Yesterday
The Pan-Pacific Conference, which
is being sponsored by the Cosmopol
itan Club in conjunction with the
University Y. M. and Y. W. C. A.,
opened yesterday at two o'clock in
101 Temple, with a talk and discus
sion on "Japan m ine racmc" Dy
Tadao Nishikawa, a Hawaiian student
in the University. Following this,
a general discussion was held under
the direction of C. D. Hayes, general
secretary of the University Y. M
C. A.
,'TIie Phillipines and Problems in
. Pacific" was the topic for dis
cussion at 3:30. Jose Adeva, ffom the
Phillipine Islands, gave a talk and
the discussion was lead by F. C.
Stevenson, state student secretary of
the Y. M. C. A. A moving picture
The League of Nations" was shown.
(Continued on Page Three.)
Bar Association Will
Judge School Debates
Members of the Nebraska State
Bar association throughout the state
have agreed to act as judges in high
A. Reed, director of the University
of Nebraska extension division, who
has newt to each Litfh school a list of
the bar association members.
The bar association has also pro-
viueu u silver uuy wuit-ii win un given
to the state championship team. Win
ding teams in each of the districts of
the Nfbr?.ski High School Debating
league will meet in the final contest
at the University in May.
BRASKAN
SUNDAY, MARCH 6, 1927.
Student Play Contest
Will Close March 20
March 20 is the last date on which
pluys for the University Players com
petition may be turned in, according
to Ray Ramsay, business manager of
the players. For the best original
play submitted, if it is deemed wor
thy of presentation, the University
Players will pay a royalty of fifty
dollars. Last year "The Red Cocka
too," a college play by Miss Ruth
Moore of Clajinda, la., who was then
a senior in the University, was pro
duced. GRAM CHOSEN
FOR SPEAKER
Noted Architect and Author Is
To Give Commencement
Address June 4
Dr. Ralph Adams Cram, noted Bos
ton architect and author, will deliver
the commencement address at the
fifty-sixth annual graduation exer
cises of the University of Nebraska,
June 4, Dean E. A. Burnett, acting
chancellor, announced Saturday. Dr.
Ralph E. Bailey, pastor of the First
Unitarian church of Omaha, will de
liver the baccalaureate sermon Sun
day, May 29.
Dr. Cram, who is the architect of
the new First Presbyterian church of
Lincoln, now under construction, has
received international recognition
both as an architect and in the field
of literature. He is the supervising
architect for Princeton University.
Over a dozen books, not all of which
deal with architectural subjects, have
been written by Dr. Cram.
Began His Work in 1889
Born in Hampton Falls, N. H., De
cember 16, 1863, Dr. Cram received
his education in a number of New
England academies, especially at Ex
eter, N. H. He took up the profession
of architect in 1889. :
Among the honorary and profes
sional societies of which Dr. Cram
is a member are: National Institute
of Arts and Letters; American Acad
emy of Arts and Sciences; American
Institute of Architects; North Brit
ish Academy of Art; Royal Geo
graphical Society of London; Royal
Institute of British Architects ; Amer
ican Federation of Arts; and the Ar
chitects' Association of London. Dr.
Cram was formerly president of the
Boston Society of Architects.
Awarded Several Honorary Degrees
Many universities have conferred
honorary degrees on Dr. Cram. In
1910 Princeton awarded him the de
gree of doctor of literature. Yale
conferred on him the honorary de
gree of doctor of laws in 1915 anc
Notre Dame gave him similar recog
nition in 1924. Dr. Cram is also an
honorary member of the Harvard
chapter of Phi Beta Kappa.
Books of which Dr. Cram is author
include: "The Decadent," "Black
Spirits and White," "Church Build
ing," "The Ruined Abbeys of Great
Britain," "Impressions of Japanese
Architecture and the Allied Arts,"
"The Gothic Quest," V'Excalibur,"
"The Ministry of Art,' "Hearts of
Europe," "The Substance of Gothic,"
"The Nemesis of Mediocrity," "The
Great Thousand Years," "The Sins
of the Fathers," "Walled Towns,"
"Gold," "Frankincense and Myrrh,'
"Towards the Great Peace."
Dr. Bailey Widely Known Here
Dr. Bailey, who will preach the
bacalaureate sermon, is well known
to many Lincoln people. He has been
minister of the First. Unitarian
church of Omaha since 1922. He
came to Omaha from Charleston, S.
C. Dr. Bailey was a student at Mercer
University from 1905 to 1908 and
graduated from the Southern Baptist
Theological Seminary at Louisville,
Ky., in 1911.
EXAMINATIONS FOR
POSITION ARRANGED
Competitive Exams for Position of
Junior Astronomer Will Be
Held in Near Future
Competitive examinations are to
be held for the position of junior
astronomer, according to the Civil
Service Commission at Washington.
D. C. The examination is to fill va
cancies in the Naval Observatory and
Nautical Almanac Office.. Navy De
partment, and vacancies occurring in
positions requiring similar qualifica
tions.
The entrance salary In the District
of Columbia is $1,860 a year. A pro-
.; ...li-.k '...I sjr-j&as&&j&i
auired. Advancement after that de
pends upon individual efficiency, in
creased u&cfulnCES, and the occurence
of vacancies In higher positions.
The epplicant must have graduated
with a degree from a college or uni
versity of rcofrni7"d standing. He
must also have had courses in math
ematics through trigonometry and
analytics, in astronomy, and in either
(Continued on Page Three.)
High Point Man
7 .v
m
Ted Page, tall Cornhusker center,
who played his last game for Nebras
ka when the Huskers played Drake,
at Des Moines last night. Page was
the outstanding star of the game and
scored 16 of his team's points mak
ing him high point man of the game.
IAST RITES FOR
CALDWELL HELD
Former Professor Laid to Rest in
Wyuka; Dr. Holmes in t
Charge of Service
Services were held for the late
Prof. Howard W. Caldwell Saturday
afternoon at the First Congrega
tional church, and the body was laid
to rest in Wyuka. Friends of long
standing acted as pallbearers.
Dr. John Andrew Holmes, who was
in charge of the brief services, said
in his words of appreciation, "Only a
rare combination of insatiable appe
tite for work, love of his subject,
history, and fine altruism for all
those who took his courses, could ac
( Continued on Page Three.)
Y.W.C.A. WORKER TO BE HERE
Alice Reynolds of National Y. W.
Staff Here Monday and Tuesday
Senior girls who are interested in
Y. W. C. A. work will have the op
portunity of consulting Alice Rey
nolds of the national staff of the Y.
W. C. A. Monday and Tuesday. Ap
pointments to meet Miss Reynolds
should be made with Miss Appleby at
once.
There is a great field open to stu
dents who are interested in social
service, particularly to college grad
uates. Girl Reserves attract most
workers new to the field. It affords
an excellent opportunity to study
and to help teen-age girls. The col
lege graduate who wishes to help
perform a creditable community ser
vice can scarcely do better than to
enter Girl Reserve work.
Miss Reynolds will be in Lincoln
only a short time so girls desiring
to interview her should make their
appointments as soon as possible.
Rusty Iron Anchor la Interesting
Relic in Historical Society Museum t
Suggesting salt air and a heaving
ocean, a large rusty iron anchor leans
against one of the cases of the N
braska State Historical Society mu
seum below the library. And therein
lie fascinating tales waven by E. E.
Blackman, ctrator, and Ivan .T.wc.
assistant scretarv of the iSebraska
State Historical Society fton odd bits
of history ard roving lsRl-iatton.
Half turied in the sand on F-ady
Island in tm. unnnvigabU Platte riv
er, the i-r"cruojs relic was dug out
turn gV1 HjJIfidl-Ef-VTSiJ. 5v?ll.
hy vrtf raptivsted at If1 s'.fance
reminder t far awa sea i::'x-. For
years it remained in the Beyrmn ysrd
till last January when Mr. Beynon,
now an attorney of Kearney presen
ted it to the museum at the annuel
meeting of the Nebraska State His
torical society.
How to explain the finding of such a
large anchor for the specimen is at
least 'four feet long and weighs 135
PRICE 5 CENTS
NEBRASKA WINS
FINAL CONTEST
FROM BULLDOGS
Huskers Cut Loose on Drake
Court and Win Last Game
Of Season 46 to 32
PAGE SCORES 16 POINTS
Rangy Pivot Man Is Star of
Game. Leads Both Teams
In Scoring
Des Moines, March G. (Special to
The Daily Nebraskan.) Nebraska's
tall Cornhuskers proved to be too
much for the fighting Bulldog quintet .
and after being tied at the half 18
to 18, came back to score 28 points
against Drake's 14 in the final period
to win 46 to 32.
Page, rangy Nebraska center
played a wonderful game at center
and caged eight baskets. The Drake
players could not cope with his su
perior height after the first half.
Smaha, Cornhusker forward, accoun
ted for a total of 11 points and also
played an aggressive game, getting
his eye on the basket in the final
period. The visitors seemed deter
mined to win their second game with
an Iowa team this week and played
at a terrific pace the second half to
wear down Drake's attack and to out
score the Bulldogs in the last part
of the game. The smaller Drake play
ers could not stand the strain and
Nebraska put the game on ice in the
last ten minutes with a barrage of
shots.
"Barney" Meyers of Drake, scored
six field goals to keep his team in the
running, while Parrisho, Drake cen
ter, accounted for 13 points. Ashby
played a good game at the guard po
sition but could not stop Nebraska's
long shot artists in the second half.
The first half was a hair-raising af
fair with first one team and then
the other in the lead. A long basket
by Smaha put the Cornhuskers in an
18 to 18 tie with Drake just as the
gun sounded for the end of the half.
Box score:
Nebraska 46
g ft f
Smaha, f 5 1 3 .
Brown, t ; 5-0 0
Klepser, f 0 10
Page, c 8 0 1
Andresen, g Oil
Gerelick, g 3 11
Totals 21 4 6
Drake 32
g ft f
Meyers, f 5 0 3
Harley, f 10 1
Ebert, f 0 0 0
Parrisho, c 6 10
Lawless, g 2 0 0
Ashby, g 11 2
Totals .: 15 2 C
Referee: Fred Williams, Missouri.
Poster Contest To Be
Held In Connection
WithHealthCarnival
Oone of the features nreliminarv
to the Health Carnival to be held in
the Women's Gymnasium March 16
and 17 under auspices of the W, A.
A. and Physical Education Club will
be a poster contest. All posters sub
mitted will be on display as one of
the attractions at the Carnival. For
the most original and effective poster
a prize of five dollars will be awarded
by the committee.
Each poster should pertain to some
phase of healthful living, such as
proper diet, sleep, exercise, or some
other principles of good health, or
may advertise the Health Carnival
itself. All posters should be brought
to the Armory by Saturday noon,
March 12. The winner will be an
nounced on the first afternoon of
the Carnival and everyone is urged
to take part in this contest.
pounds, on a river which boats did
not travel?
"Maybe a fur trading vessel dared
to ascend the Platte during a high
water season and failed to return be
fore the water receded to its natural
low level. The anchor might have
been left caught in the sand," is the
opinion ventured by Mr. Blackman.
All left of such a trip if there was
one is the great bulk of dark iron
which .'uses to divulge its secret.
No marks on it show who the black
.iihfcJjiJ!J!i:kman is sure
that a large anvil of the size found
only at St. Louis, Pittsburgh, or New
I Orlean mnRt have been used to weld '
it.
More original, Mr. Jone suggests
that perhaps a prairie schooner buf
feted about by the rolling prairie sea
cart this srfhr for safety.
Upon discovering a similar anchor
hung between the top branches cf
(Continued on Tszi Thirce.)